[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 126 (Thursday, August 2, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H9548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, on May 9, 1961, John F. Kennedy stood behind 
me and said that the U.S. was going to put a man on the moon in 10 
years. That was very ambitious, but we did it. And we're going to have 
a similar moment of goal setting and aspirations and vision tomorrow 
when we vote to adopt a renewable portfolio standard for America, where 
we will guarantee Americans that we will have 15 percent of our 
electricity coming from clean, renewable sources by the year 2020.
  This is something we know we can do; States are doing it, whole 
nations in Europe have over 20 percent clean, renewable energy today. 
And we should follow the spirit of Oak Ridge, Texas, which 2 months ago 
became the first city in the United States to have all their 
electricity from clean, renewable, 100 percent biodiesel. This is 
something the States can do for a variety of reasons. Let's have 
another ``Apollo-John F. Kennedy'' moment tomorrow when we pass the 
renewable portfolio standard.

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